daffadil

English

Noun

daffadil (plural daffadils)

1. Obsolete spelling of daffodil
   • 1568, William Turner, The First and Seconde Partes of the Herbal of William Turner Doctor in Phisick, Arnold Birckman:

     Out of all theſe deſcriptiones I gather that our comen daffadil / is one kynde of Narciſſus / where of Pliny maketh mention / when as he ſpeaketh of it with the herbiſhe color. The faſſhon of the lefe / flour and ſtalk of our daffadil agreeth well with the deſcription both of Dioſcorides / & Theophraſt / only the color of the floure is contrary or beſyde the deſcription of Dioſcorides.

   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 290, column 1:

     When daffadils begin to peere, / With heigh the Doxy ouer the dale, / Why then comes in the ſweet o’ the yeere, / For the red blood raigns in yͤ winters pale.

   • 1732, The Hive. A Collection of the Most Celebrated Songs., volume IV, London: […] J. Walthoe, […], page 53:

     When couſlips, and daiſies, and daffadils ſpread, / And adorn, and perfume the green flow’ry mead;